Language and Experience

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Truly amazing experiences, experiences that come along once in a lifetime, carry with them so much pure emotion, that more often than not, using just words and language to convey the feeling of the moment falls short. For thousands of years writers have struggled to capture the raw emotion of life, its deathly depressing lows, and insurmountable highs, and I’ll be darned if they don’t struggle for thousands more to come. With each different writer comes a unique style, and tone, all creating a different path for which to understand their literature. Unfortunately, the way in which this path is interpreted varies immensely from one reader to the next. So, a piece of literature might have a profound effect on many readers, but it will affect each reader separately, and the exact emotions felt by the author will never be the same as those felt by the reader. I am sure this must frustrate writers the world over, knowing that while someone might deeply appreciate and understand their work, no one will experience the enormity of emotion expressed in their writing, ever. Even so, the beauty of writing lies not in the ability of the writer to convey their exact emotions, but more in their ability to inspire imagination in the reader. I can imagine no better feeling for a writer than knowing their work of art has deeply affected someone, in whatever way. Life spins such a complex web of emotions, causing every experience to be absolutely unique, and in that facet no amount of language can truly pass on the beauty of the human experience.

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